Editorials:

Despair on disparities

Loreto Carmona and Estíbaliz Loza

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1657-1658. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.115519

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Reviews:

Musculoskeletal manifestations of lysosomal storage disorders

M Aldenhoven, R J B Sakkers, J Boelens, T J de Koning, and N M Wulffraat

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1659-1665. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.095315

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Letters:

Decreased clinical response to adalimumab in ankylosing spondylitis is associated with antibody formation

M K de Vries, E Brouwer, I E van der Horst-Bruinsma, A Spoorenberg, J C van Denderen, A Jamnitski, M T Nurmohamed, B A C Dijkmans, L A Aarden, and G J Wolbink

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1787-1788. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.109702

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MRSA infections in patients treated with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors

N Akhmed and J Lichtenstein

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1788-1789. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102715

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Association of IL2RA and IL2RB with rheumatoid arthritis: a replication study in a Dutch population

F A S Kurreeman, N A Daha, M Chang, J J Catanese, A B Begovich, T W J Huizinga, and R E M Toes

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1789-1790. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106393

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Rapidity of rheumatology consultation for people in an early inflammatory arthritis cohort

D Ehrmann Feldman, O Schieir, A J Montcalm, S Bernatsky, M Baron, and The McGill Early Inflammatory Arthritis Research Group

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1790-1791. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106005

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Antinuclear antibodies directed against proliferating cell nuclear antigen are not specifically associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

P Vermeersch, K Op De Beeck, B R Lauwerys, K Van den Bergh, M Develter, G Mariën, F A Houssiau, and X Bossuyt

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1791-1793. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104190

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Etanercept during pregnancy and lactation in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: drug levels in maternal serum, cord blood, breast milk and the infant’s serum

A Murashima, N Watanabe, N Ozawa, H Saito, and K Yamaguchi

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1793-1794. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105924

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A patient’s wish: anakinra in pregnancy

C T Berger, M Recher, U Steiner, and T M Hauser

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1794-1795. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105833

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Fall incidence and fall risk factors in people with rheumatoid arthritis

E Smulders, C Schreven, V Weerdesteyn, F H J van den Hoogen, R Laan, and W Van Lankveld

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1795-1796. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.109009

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Basic and translational research:

STAT4 associates with systemic lupus erythematosus through two independent effects that correlate with gene expression and act additively with IRF5 to increase risk

A-K Abelson, A M Delgado-Vega, S V Kozyrev, E Sánchez, R Velázquez-Cruz, N Eriksson, J Wojcik, M V P Linga Reddy, G Lima, S D’Alfonso, S Migliaresi, V Baca, L Orozco, T Witte, N Ortego-Centeno, the AADEA group, H Abderrahim, B A Pons-Estel, C Gutiérrez, A Suárez, M F González-Escribano, J Martin, and M E Alarcón-Riquelme

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1746-1753.
Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097642

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Genetic variation in the GDF5 region is associated with osteoarthritis, height, hip axis length and fracture risk: the Rotterdam study

R B A Vaes, F Rivadeneira, J M Kerkhof, A Hofman, H A P Pols, A G Uitterlinden, and J B J van Meurs

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1754-1760.
Published Online First: 24 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099655

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Bortezomib attenuates murine collagen-induced arthritis

S-W Lee, J-H Kim, Y-B Park, and S-K Lee

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1761-1767.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097709

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Elevated synovial expression of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 in patients with septic arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis

C E Collins, D T La, H-T Yang, F Massin, S Gibot, G Faure, and W Stohl

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1768-1774.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.089557

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Contribution of Fc receptor IIIA gene 158V/F polymorphism and copy number variation to the risk of ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis

M M Thabet, T W J Huizinga, R B Marques, G Stoeken-Rijsbergen, A M Bakker, F A Kurreeman, S J White, R E M Toes, and A H M van der Helm-van Mil

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1775-1780.
Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099309

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Genetic polymorphisms of the matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) modulate the development of ankylosing spondylitis

J C-C Wei, H-S Lee, W-C Chen, L-J Shiu, S-F Yang, and R-H Wong

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1781-1786.
Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099481

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Clinical and epidemiological research:

Disparities in rheumatoid arthritis disease activity according to gross domestic product in 25 countries in the QUEST–RA database

T Sokka, H Kautiainen, T Pincus, S Toloza, G da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, J Lazovskis, M L Hetland, T Peets, K Immonen, J F Maillefert, A A Drosos, R Alten, C Pohl, B Rojkovich, B Bresnihan, P Minnock, M Cazzato, S Bombardieri, S Rexhepi, M Rexhepi, D Andersone, S Stropuviene, M Huisman, S Sierakowski, D Karateev, V Skakic, A Naranjo, E Baecklund, D Henrohn, F Gogus, H Badsha, A Mofti, P Taylor, C McClinton, and Y Yazici

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1666-1672.
Published Online First: 30 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.109983

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Association of bone scintigraphic abnormalities with knee malalignment and pain

V B Kraus, G McDaniel, T W Worrell, S Feng, T P Vail, G Varju, and R E Coleman

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1673-1679.
Published Online First: 3 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.094722

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Elaboration of the preliminary Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease (RAID) score: a EULAR initiative

L Gossec, M Dougados, N Rincheval, A Balanescu, D T Boumpas, S Canadelo, L Carmona, J-P Daurès, M de Wit, B A C Dijkmans, M Englbrecht, Z Gunendi, T Heiberg, J R Kirwan, E M Mola, M Matucci-Cerinic, K Otsa, G Schett, T Sokka, G A Wells, G J Aanerud, A Celano, A Dudkin, C Hernandez, K Koutsogianni, F N Akca, A-M Petre, P Richards, M Scholte-Voshaar, G Von Krause, and T K Kvien

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1680-1685.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100271

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Adaptation and cross-cultural validation of the rheumatoid arthritis work instability scale (RA–WIS)

G Gilworth, P Emery, L Gossec, T P M Vliet Vlieland, F C Breedveld, A J Hueber, G Schett, and A Tennant

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1686-1690.
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.098921

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Subtle changes in individual joints result in both positive and negative change scores in a patient: results from a clinical trial in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

C Lukas, R Landewé, S Fatenejad, and D van der Heijde

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1691-1695.
Published Online First: 24 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097816

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Hand osteoarthritis in older women is associated with carotid and coronary atherosclerosis: the AGES Reykjavik study

H Jonsson, G P Helgadottir, T Aspelund, G Eiriksdottir, S Sigurdsson, T Ingvarsson, T B Harris, L Launer, and V Gudnason

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1696-1700.
Published Online First: 25 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096289

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Comparison of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index and a modified version of the index in assessing disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis without peripheral manifestations

I H Song, M Rudwaleit, J Listing, and J Sieper

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1701-1707.
Published Online First: 24 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099226

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The 6-month safety and efficacy of abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who underwent a washout after anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy or were directly switched to abatacept: the ARRIVE trial

M Schiff, C Pritchard, J E Huffstutter, V Rodriguez-Valverde, P Durez, X Zhou, T Li, K Bahrt, S Kelly, M Le Bars, and M C Genovese

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1708-1714.
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099218

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Efficacy of prednisone 1–4 mg/day in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled withdrawal clinical trial

T Pincus, C J Swearingen, G Luta, and T Sokka

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1715-1720.
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.095539

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Baseline and 1-year magnetic resonance imaging of the sacroiliac joint and lumbar spine in very early inflammatory back pain. Relationship between symptoms, HLA-B27 and disease extent and persistence

H Marzo-Ortega, D McGonagle, P O’Connor, E M A Hensor, A N Bennett, M J Green, and P Emery

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1721-1727.
Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097931

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Seasonality and trends in the incidence and prevalence of gout in England and Wales 1994–2007

A J Elliot, K W Cross, and D M Fleming

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1728-1733.
Published Online First: 24 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096693

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Progressive increase in body mass index is not associated with a progressive increase in joint space narrowing in obese women with osteoarthritis of the knee

M-P Hellio Le Graverand, K Brandt, S A Mazzuca, D Raunig, and E Vignon

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1734-1738.
Published Online First: 5 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.085530

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Formation of antibodies against infliximab and adalimumab strongly correlates with functional drug levels and clinical responses in rheumatoid arthritis

T R D J Radstake, M Svenson, A M Eijsbouts, F H J van den Hoogen, C Enevold, P L C M van Riel, and K Bendtzen

Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1739-1745.
Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.092833

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